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Added on: 02/02/2024

Coming out as trans can be tough in regional Australia. Here’s how these three teens did it

02/01/2024

Eliott had heard too many horror stories about trans kids coming out in small country towns. But when he did, he was surprised by what happened. He was…

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Added on: 02/02/2024

Ghana opposition head expresses anti-LGBTQ stance ahead of elections

02/01/2024

Ghana’s former president and leading opposition presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday expressed his opposition to LGBTQ+ rights but did not say if he would support…

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Added on: 02/02/2024

Russia makes first convictions for ‘LGBT extremism’ following ban

02/01/2024

(Reuters) – Two Russian courts have meted out the first convictions in connection with what the government calls the “international LGBT social movement” and which was designated…

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Added on: 02/01/2024

Tennessee Republican proposes bill of rights for individuals wishing to detransition

01/31/2024

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Tennessee Republican introduced legislation proposing a bill of rights for individuals who received gender reassignment surgeries and later wish to detransition. Republican Caucus Chair…

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Added on: 02/01/2024

Alberta’s new transgender rules: From restricted treatments to pronouns and parental rights

01/31/2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a new pronoun disclosure policy for schools on Wednesday, in addition to other restrictions on transgender treatments and sports. The pronoun policy…

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Added on: 02/01/2024

Gay, teenaged and online: LGBTQ+ Indians fight for safe space

01/31/2024

The suicide of a 16-year-old Indian boy who hit a wall of online abuse after posting selfies in saris and makeup has galavanised calls for social media…

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Added on: 02/01/2024

Sierra Leonean Trans Activist Finds ‘Home’ On The Island of Lesvos

01/31/2024

It all started with a broken heart. Roxy* kept her queerness to herself as she was growing up in Freetown Sierra Leone. Her mother – a pastor…

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Added on: 01/31/2024

Florida bars transgender people from changing the sex on their driver’s licenses

01/30/2024

Florida will no longer allow transgender people to change the sex on their state driver’s license to reflect their gender identity, a policy change that muddles whether…

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Added on: 01/31/2024

Armenia Denies Extradition Request for Gay Chechen Man Wanted by Russia

01/30/2024

A court in Yerevan on Tuesday rejected Russia’s request to extradite a man who fled the republic of Chechnya after being tortured because he was suspected of…

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Added on: 01/31/2024

French ‘Mindsets Evolving’ Says Country’s First Openly-gay PM

01/30/2024

France’s first openly-gay Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said French “mindsets are evolving” on LGBTQ issues in a major speech to lawmakers Tuesday laying out his programme. France…

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Added on: 01/31/2024

Doski Azad: Murder of trans woman still haunts LGBTQ+ Iraqi Kurds

01/30/2024

Doski Azad dared to live openly as a transgender woman in Iraqi Kurdistan, but her murder two years ago shattered the enclave’s reputation as a relatively liberal…

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Added on: 01/30/2024

Pope says Africans are ‘special case’ when it comes to LGBT blessings

01/29/2024

Pope Francis said in an interview published on Monday that Africans were a “special case” in the opposition of bishops and many other people in the continent…

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Added on: 01/30/2024

Fleeing home as a queer Ukrainian

01/29/2024

Marianna is a queer activist from the south of Ukraine. She is also the head of an LGBTQ+ organization, “For Equal Rights,” which has been working toward…

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Added on: 01/30/2024

‘Chaos campaign’: how an Armenian enclave became the center of an anti-LGBTQ+ battle

01/29/2024

On a gray afternoon last June, the school board in Glendale, California, was preparing to make what was once a routine vote to honor June as LGBTQ+…

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Added on: 01/30/2024

The Brazilian bishop who took the first step toward the Catholic Church embracing gays and transgender people

01/29/2024

The next lesbian, gay, or transgender person to be the godparent of a baby baptized in a Catholic parish, or in a cathedral, in any corner of…

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Added on: 01/29/2024

Finland’s ‘DJ’ candidate hopes to become the country’s first Green and gay president

01/28/2024

At a packed, dimly lit music venue in Helsinki, an attentive crowd dressed up for a night out sings sweetly along to musicians on stage in front…

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Added on: 01/29/2024

Chinese Communist Party continues crackdown on LGBTQ+ people

01/28/2024

This report contains references to suicide that may be disturbing to readers. Nearly five years after democratic Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage, LGBTQ+ activism is all but extinct across…

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Added on: 01/29/2024

Michigan and Ohio GOP legislators discuss ‘endgame’ of banning all trans health care

01/28/2024

Several Republican legislators from Michigan and Ohio were recorded in an online forum planning to try to ban trans health care for everyone, regardless of age. The discussion was hosted…

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Added on: 01/29/2024

Germany’s transgender community confronts surge in far-right disinformation

01/28/2024

The transgender community in Germany faces an escalation in disinformation, primarily fueled by far-right groups amid attempts to pass the country’s Self-Determination Act. This legislative proposal, designed to ease the legal…

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Added on: 01/28/2024

Closeted men were less likely to get the Mpox vaccine for a very surprising reason

01/27/2024

Closeted men who have sex with men were less likely to get vaccinated or treated for Mpox than those who were out, according to a new study….

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Added on: 01/28/2024

Exhibition traces history of Birmingham drag queen Twiggy

01/27/2024

A new exhibition about an influential drag queen has opened at a National Trust site. Dedicated to “Birmingham LGBTQ+ icon” Twiggy, the exhibition opened on Friday at…

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Added on: 01/28/2024

Pope says LGBT blessings are for individuals, not approval of unions

01/27/2024

Pope Francis on Friday defended a Vatican document on blessings for same-sex couples but said they were not an approval of a lifestyle the Church sees as…

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Added on: 01/27/2024

LGBT History Month 2024: Here’s why the UK and US celebrate in different months

01/26/2024

LGBT History Month 2024 is almost upon us in the UK, but the annual celebration of queer history and individuals is observed at different times of the…

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Added on: 01/27/2024

Transgender US veterans sue VA for access to gender-affirming surgery in medical benefits

01/26/2024

The Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in which they are asking the VA…

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Added on: 01/27/2024

Jardín de las Mariposas: A Safe Space for Queer Migrants in Tijuana

01/26/2024

Hola Friends! Before we close this season and take a little break, we wanted to leave you with the story of Jardín de las Mariposas, a shelter…

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Added on: 01/27/2024

Quebec issues first X gender drivers’ license

01/26/2024

Quebec has finally issued its first drivers’ license with an X gender marker, after years of advocacy and legal action by queer activists—but it could be years…

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Added on: 01/26/2024

Kenyan health workers on alert over US funding for HIV/AIDS fight

01/22/2024

NAKURU, Kenya, Jan 22 (Openly) – When Minne Gachau’s husband died from AIDS-related complications in 2006, she was still in denial about being HIV-positive herself – too…

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Added on: 01/26/2024

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas taking legal action against World Aquatics

01/25/2024

The US swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to global prominence by becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title, is taking legal action in…

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Added on: 01/26/2024

Amid global disputes over LGBT rights, Uganda takes Non-Aligned Movement chair

01/25/2024

Facing stiff criticism from Western countries for its harsh new anti-gay law, Uganda has taken on a three-year chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), a global body of…

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Added on: 01/26/2024

Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ at much higher rates than older Americans, report shows

01/25/2024

Nearly a third, or 28%, of Gen Z adults in the United States identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, a larger share than older generations,…